Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_* - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*
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Msg-id 3413.1149809812@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*  ("Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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"Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Renaming directories is nasty in CVS no matter which way you look at it - it
> is one of the known bad limitations. You might preserve the history but you
> could also break every existing repo copy. See
> http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.15/cvs_7.html#SEC74

> Unless there is a *very* good reason this should be avoided.

I think the we-shouldn't-rename-the-shlibs argument is sufficient to
kill the idea, quite aside from CVS limitations.
        regards, tom lane


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